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The Black Book of Colours
Hardback

The Black Book of Colours

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An award-winning, unforgettable black book about colour, which shows you how to see without your eyes.

It can be hard for a sighted person to imagine what it is like to be blind. But in this breathtaking, ground-breaking and award-winning colour book, Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria try to convey the experience of a person who can see only through their sense of touch, taste, smell or hearing. With gorgeous textured art on black paper, accompanied by a beautifully written text translated into braille, this powerful book breaks down barriers and gives young readers the ability to experience the world in a whole new way.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Walker Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 March 2010
Pages
24
ISBN
9781406322187

An award-winning, unforgettable black book about colour, which shows you how to see without your eyes.

It can be hard for a sighted person to imagine what it is like to be blind. But in this breathtaking, ground-breaking and award-winning colour book, Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria try to convey the experience of a person who can see only through their sense of touch, taste, smell or hearing. With gorgeous textured art on black paper, accompanied by a beautifully written text translated into braille, this powerful book breaks down barriers and gives young readers the ability to experience the world in a whole new way.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Walker Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
1 March 2010
Pages
24
ISBN
9781406322187
 
Book Review

The Black Book of Colours
by Menena Cottin

by Leanne Hall, Kids' Book Specialist, Readings Carlton, Mar 2010

This extraordinary book introduces children to colours in a completely fresh way. Thomas can’t see colours, but he can use all his other senses to understand them. The Black Book of Colours is printed entirely in black, with glossy raised illustrations and braille text to accompany the regular white text. Readers can use their fingertips to ‘see’ the pictures, and consider such lovely things as how red can be sour like unripe strawberries, and how green can smell like freshly-cut grass.

The Black Book of Colours is fun, poetic and eye-opening in equal parts.